Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Arnetta's father told her and her sisters, "You are made by God." He taught them that their family's light skin didn't make them any better or worse than anyone else. "We . . . did not think that race should have been an issue," she said.How does the author use third-person narration in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.As King finished speaking, a young white man named Roy James jumped onto the stage and attacked him with brass knuckles, slugging him in the back and jaw. Rather than return the blows or even cover his face, King dropped his hands by his side and looked at his assailant. Other ministers rushed to restrain James, but King stopped them."Don't touch him," he cried. "We have to pray for him." King put his arm around the man who had been attacking him. They talked quietly. The man, a member of the American Nazi Party, started crying and admitted that he had come there to prove that King was not nonviolent. The minister did not even press charges.What does this characterization of Martin Luther King reveal?
Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March."[M]y daddy decided that we weren't going to sit on the back of the bus that day. He got us and he sat us up in the front . . . ," Arnetta said, "The bus driver pulled over . . . and he told my father that either he [her father] was going to move back or he [the driver] was going to call the police . . . We were crying . . . All we knew was that the bus driver was going to call the police on our daddy."How is this part of the story mostly told?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Washington Elementary, which James and Wash also attended, was a shock to her. All of the teachers were black. The classes were more crowded, and the classrooms were less well equipped than those at St. Mary's.In addition, she had a long walk to school. Every day, she passed by Elyton Elementary, the white school that was closer to her home. "My father would always say, ‘One day, black children will be able to go to Elyton.’" Arnetta wasn’t sure she believed that would ever happen.How does the author use third-person narration in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March.When Arnetta Streeter was in elementary school, she wanted to become a nun. She loved the nuns who taught at St. Mary's, the Catholic school she attended through third grade. Arnetta said they were "very, very strict," and she liked the discipline and high academic expectations.She and her two younger sisters and their parents were devout churchgoers, attending Mass at Our Lady of Fatima every Sunday. On Saturday, they often went to a different church closer to their home for confession. This church was one of the largest in Birmingham, with mostly white parishioners who always welcomed them.How is this part of the story told?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Lucinda Robey, a friend of Arnetta's mother, recruited interested youngsters to participate in the Movement. She picked Arnetta up and drove her to the training, which was held in the basement of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Arnetta discovered that the sessions were as tough as boot camp, and the teachers were as tough as the nuns at St. Mary's.Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.To help the teens weigh the risks and ponder if they could remain nonviolent, workshop leaders got them to talk about how they felt. Bernard Lafayette, one of the trainers, said, "We didn't want anyone to . . . participate in the demonstrations and then regret that they did." He found it was "easier for the girls to talk about feelings than boys . . .”Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Not long after that effort failed, Mr. Streeter tried to fight segregation again. The family often went to the movies on Sunday after church. "[M]y daddy decided that we weren't going to sit on the back of the bus that day. He got us and he sat us up in the front . . . ," Arnetta said, "The bus driver pulled over . . . and he told my father that either he [her father] was going to move back or he [the driver] was going to call the police . . . We were crying . . . All we knew was that the bus driver was going to call the police on our daddy."An older black woman on the bus chastised Arnetta's father, saying, "You don't do anything like that when you have children with you." Once again, Mr. Streeter gave in to his children, to the driver, to the older woman, and to the city's segregation laws. He moved his family to the back of the bus.How does the author use third-person narration in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.After she graduated from Washington Elementary, where she was a drum majorette in the marching band, Arnetta moved on to Ullman High School. In tenth grade, she and seven friends started the Peace Ponies, a social and savings club. Members volunteered to help younger students and saved their money to give to needy families. In early April 1963, the Peace Ponies went to a mass meeting at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the sermon that night.What does this characterization of Arnetta reveal?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.When Reverend and Mrs. Shuttlesworth and their daughters, Pat and Ricky, arrived at Phillips, one of the city's four all-white high schools, a crowd of white men attacked them. They beat and kicked the minister nearly senseless and scarred his face, stabbed Mrs. Shuttlesworth, and slammed the car door on Ricky's ankle.Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
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